Most engineering technicians list "technical support," "data collection," and "test equipment" as skills on their resumes. We go into more details on the most important engineering technician responsibilities here:
See the full list of engineering technician skills.
After discovering the most helpful skills, we moved onto what kind of education might be helpful in becoming an engineering technician. We found that 45.9% of engineering technicians have graduated with a bachelor's degree and 4.6% of people in this position have earned their master's degrees. While most engineering technicians have a college degree, you may find it's also true that generally it's possible to be successful in this career with only a high school degree. In fact, our research shows that one out of every five engineering technicians were not college graduates.
Those engineering technicians who do attend college, typically earn either electrical engineering degrees or electrical engineering technology degrees. Less commonly earned degrees for engineering technicians include business degrees or mechanical engineering degrees.
Once you've obtained the level of education you're comfortable with, you might start applying to companies to become an engineering technician. We've found that most engineering technician resumes include experience from RGA Environmental, A Terracon Company, Facebook, and Pwc. Of recent, RGA Environmental, A Terracon Company had 173 positions open for engineering technicians. Meanwhile, there are 167 job openings at Facebook and 160 at Pwc.
Since salary is important to some engineering technicians, it's good to note that they are figured to earn the highest salaries at Western Digital, Meta, and BP America Inc. If you were to take a closer look at Western Digital, you'd find that the average engineering technician salary is $145,083. Then at Meta, engineering technicians receive an average salary of $141,058, while the salary at BP America Inc is $138,251.
View more details on engineering technician salaries across the United States.
The industries that engineering technicians fulfill the most roles in are the technology and government industries. But the highest engineering technician annual salary is in the technology industry, averaging $76,126. In the automotive industry they make $69,728 and average about $63,991 in the manufacturing industry. In conclusion, engineering technicians who work in the technology industry earn a 77.1% higher salary than engineering technicians in the government industry.